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Amanda Bynes, Disguised in Blanket, Heads to UCLA Psych Facility
We know her in mugshots with lavender hair, we know her trying to make her skinny skinnier, and we know her even when she's hiding under a blanket: Amanda Bynes made the move yesterday into the psych facility at UCLA for treatment for mental illness.
The "retired" young, star who doctors believe has schizophrenic tendencies, was placed on a 30-day extended psychiatric hold earlier this month, and was put on new meds.
Bynes' mother was initially denied conservatorship, but TMZ reports Lynn Bynes is now the actress' temporary conservator. Lynn Bynes was the one gunning for her daughter to be placed at the UCLA facility because of its reputation as one of the best treatment centers in the country.
TMZ has a photo of Bynes leaving her facility in Ventura County, and getting into a vehicle shrouded in a blanket and with some sort of head covering.
TMZ adds that Bynes had to wait to make the move until Thursday because a bed was not previously available.
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